Chapter Summaries

Ji Changfeng prepared to face the Law Creation Tribulation, using his physical body to endure the coming lightning and deploying the Deceiving Heaven Array to shield Qingyun Sect. As the tribulation finished gathering, he summoned several divine weapons, including Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er’s weapons, intending to temper them with the lightning.

• Ji Changfeng’s Yang God appeared beneath the Calamity Clouds, and he reunited with his physical body to undergo the thunder tribulation.
• Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping'er, Xiaobai, and the Qingyun Sect members watched anxiously as the tribulation gathered over the mountain range.
• The thunder tribulation locked onto everyone beneath the clouds, forcing many to the ground under its Heavenly Might.
• Ji Changfeng unfolded the Deceiving Heaven Array, shielding the people of Qingyun Sect from the tribulation’s targeting.
• After the deep-purple lightning finished gathering, Ji Changfeng summoned Red Furnace, Dragon Slayer, Ink Snow, Heavenly Evil Divine Sword, and Purple Radiance Blade to temper them in the tribulation.

Ji Changfeng endured the first eight bolts of his Law Creation Tribulation, suffering serious injuries as the lightning grew stronger. He summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword and struck at the final bolt, after which the tribulation clouds began to disperse and he remained standing in the sky.

• Ji Changfeng used his divine weapons to withstand the first bolt, tempering them with tribulation lightning.
• Ji Changfeng endured the second through sixth bolts with his body as the lightning grew increasingly powerful.
• Ji Changfeng combined his primordial spirit and body to survive the seventh bolt, damaging his primordial spirit.
• Ji Changfeng endured the eighth bolt but was severely injured, while Lu Xueqi, Dao Xuan, and the others watched anxiously.
• Ji Changfeng summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword and unleashed his ultimate strike against the final bolt.
• The lightning tribulation dispersed, leaving Ji Changfeng standing above the clouds.

Ji Changfeng completed the Law Creation Tribulation and absorbed the Immortal Cloud reward, while Linglong realized he had created a new cultivation system. He then pretended to be gravely injured before the crowd, leaving Lu Xueqi worried as he collapsed in her arms.

• Ji Changfeng destroyed the final bolt of tribulation lightning, and the Calamity Clouds dispersed before an Immortal Cloud appeared.
• Linglong recognized Ji Changfeng’s ordeal as a Law Creation Tribulation and realized he had created a new cultivation system.
• Ji Changfeng absorbed the Immortal Cloud, intending to use it to heal his injuries.
• Lu Xueqi rushed into Ji Changfeng’s arms, and True Master Daoxuan joined Ji Changfeng in making his injuries seem severe.
• Ji Changfeng collapsed and spat blood into Lu Xueqi’s arms, then reassured her telepathically that he was fine.

Ji Changfeng pretended to be gravely injured to draw out Qingyun Sect’s hidden enemies, then revealed the Qingyun Sword Canon, a new cultivation system he had created. The chapter left Qingyun Sect’s leaders awed by the path toward immortality while Ji Changfeng prepared to pursue the Soul Transformation Realm.

• Ji Changfeng fainted after coughing up blood, and the others carried him back to Yuqing Hall amid alarm.
• Ji Changfeng woke in the hall and told Su Ru he was fine, revealing that his staged injury was meant to mislead the world and expose those with guilty consciences.
• Ji Changfeng warned everyone not to spread the news of his injury, intending to draw out forces such as the Yin Demon Sect, the Ghost King Sect, the Demonic Sect, and Incense Valley.
• Ji Changfeng gave everyone the Qingyun Sword Canon, whose five realms and extended lifespans astonished the assembled Qingyun Sect leaders.
• True Master Daoxuan asked whether Ji Changfeng had reached the Soul Transformation Realm, and Ji Changfeng said he had only found some leads toward breaking through.

Ji Changfeng explained the Qingyun Sword Canon and the Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation Realms to the Peak Masters, then prepared to help Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping'er, and Xiaobai change their cultivation methods. Xiaobai jokingly suggested an intimate motive, and Ji Changfeng scolded her before leading the women to the rear hall.

• Ji Changfeng advised the Peak Masters to keep cultivating the Taiji Xuanqing Dao until they reached the Grand Purity Realm before switching to the Qingyun Sword Canon.
• Ji Changfeng explained the Golden Core Path, the Nascent Soul Realm's soul transformation and longer lifespan, and the need to comprehend the Great Dao to reach Soul Transformation.
• Ji Changfeng urged the Peak Masters to study the Five Volumes of the Heavenly Book, and they left Yuqing Hall to cultivate.
• Ji Changfeng invited Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping'er, and Xiaobai to the rear hall so he could help them change cultivation methods.
• Xiaobai teasingly implied that Ji Changfeng had an intimate motive, and he told her to be serious.

Ji Changfeng helped Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping'er, and Xiaobai switch to the Qingyun Sword Canon and reach the Golden Core Realm, then told Linglong that soul bodies might be able to cultivate through the Golden Core Path. He gave Linglong the remaining four volumes of the Supreme Heavenly Scripture, leaving her determined to pursue a method for soul cultivation.

• Ji Changfeng guided Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping'er, and Xiaobai through switching cultivation methods, and all three successfully reached the Golden Core Realm.
• Ji Changfeng passed the Golden Core Path to Wan Jianyi and Cang Song, who had reached the Peak Supreme Purity Realm.
• Linglong asked Ji Changfeng whether a soul body could cultivate, and he explained that the Nascent Soul Realm could cultivate without a physical body but required immense soul power.
• Ji Changfeng sent the remaining four volumes of the Supreme Heavenly Scripture into Linglong's Sea of Consciousness.
• Linglong thanked Ji Changfeng and resolved to use the five volumes to attempt to create a method for soul body cultivation.

After Ji Changfeng began healing his damaged primordial spirit, rumors spread across the cultivation world that he had been gravely wounded by a heavenly tribulation. Rival factions received the news, and Qin Wuyan ordered the Nine Prison Gates to test whether it was true as he set his plan in motion.

• Linglong began studying the Five Volumes of the Heavenly Book while Ji Changfeng used the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Liquid to heal his injuries.
• Rumors that Ji Changfeng was seriously injured or near death spread through the Divine Continent, along with speculation that the Qingyun Sect had angered heaven.
• Wan Renwang and Qinglong discussed the intelligence report, and Wan Renwang told Qinglong to send the news to Yao'er.
• Qin Wuyan read the report in the Death Swamp and ordered a message sent to the Nine Prison Gates to verify Ji Changfeng's condition and begin the plan.

Zhou Xiaohuan and Zhou Yixian visited Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City and discussed rumors that Ji Changfeng was gravely injured. After discovering that every Rogue Cultivator they examined faced a bloody calamity, Xiaohuan saw the same ominous signs on her grandfather.

• Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City’s history was traced to Ji Changfeng’s slaying of Old Ancestor Fengyue with thousands of borrowed swords.
• Zhou Xiaohuan defended Ji Changfeng against rumors that a heavenly tribulation had left him near death, while Zhou Yixian hinted that Qingyun Sect was allowing the rumors to spread.
• Zhou Yixian told Xiaohuan that Ji Changfeng had created a new cultivation system and passed a heavenly tribulation.
• Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan wandered through the city, where he repeatedly saw signs of bloody calamity on Rogue Cultivators.
• Xiaohuan examined Zhou Yixian and found dense black qi and a thread of bloody light around his forehead.

Zhou Yixian saw signs of a bloody disaster over Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City and warned Qingyun Sect that the city’s inhabitants were in danger. After emerging from seclusion, Ji Changfeng used divination to uncover the Demonic Sect factions and blood-sacrifice plot behind it.

• Zhou Yixian saw signs of a bloody disaster on himself and Xiaohuan, concluded that everyone in Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City was endangered, and fled with her.
• Zhou Yixian sent an anonymous warning to Qingyun Sect’s outpost, and Shang Zhengliang forwarded the letter to the sect.
• Qi Hao received the letter and brought it to True Master Daoxuan, who summoned the Seven Peak Masters to Yuqing Hall.
• Ji Changfeng recovered from his injuries, emerged from seclusion, and joined the assembled Qingyun Sect leaders.
• Ji Changfeng used his divination knowledge to identify the Yin Demon Sect, Nine Prison Gates, Blood Slaughter Thousand Miles, and a Blood Refining Great Array.

Ji Changfeng deduced that the Demonic Sect had set up a Blood Refining Great Array in Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City and decided to use the crisis to train Qingyun Sect’s younger disciples. He left the operation to Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er while planning to watch from the shadows.

• Ji Changfeng learned through deduction that the Demonic Sect planned to sacrifice the rogue cultivators in Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City and refine grand pills.
• Ji Changfeng told the Peak Masters about the array and proposed letting the younger disciples take part in the operation as a trial.
• Ji Changfeng refused to involve Tianyin Temple and Incense Valley, saying that doing so could alert the Demonic Sect.
• Ji Changfeng asked Jin Ping'er about her disciples’ cultivation and told her to select qualified disciples for the operation.
• Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er volunteered to lead the operation, and Ji Changfeng assigned Senior Brother Song to assist them.

Qingyun Sect sent Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er to lead disciples toward Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City, while Ji Changfeng secretly followed as backup. At Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave, Boss Lao revealed that the Sect Master had entered the Barbaric Sacred Hall and that their plan to rebuild the Sacred Sect depended on the Blood Refining Great Array, but the group remained anxious about Ji Changfeng.

• Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping'er, and several Supreme Purity Elders led Qingyun Sect and Xuanzha Sect disciples secretly toward Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City, while Ji Changfeng followed them unseen.
• Third Lao questioned whether Nine Prison Gates should attack Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City, and Boss Lao assured the gathered leaders that the plan was under control.
• Boss Lao revealed that he and the Sect Master had secretly established the Blood Refining Great Array inside Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City.
• Boss Lao disclosed that the Sect Master was Poison God's final disciple, had survived the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect's destruction, and had gone to the Barbaric Sacred Hall to reclaim the Sacred Sect's legacy.
• Boss Lao said the Sect Master had returned with the Barbaric Sacred Hall's token, stirring the Nine Prison Gates leaders with hopes of restoring the Sacred Sect.
• One leader asked how they would deal with Ji Changfeng, whose past destruction of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect still terrified the Demonic Sect.

Boss Lao rallied the Nine Prison Gates leaders to support Qin Wuyan’s plan to sacrifice Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City for Blood Pills, promising them rewards and a chance to grow stronger. Several days later, Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping’er, and their disciples waited in a nearby valley for trouble to begin, while Ji Changfeng remained absent.

• Boss Lao persuaded the Nine Prison Gates leaders to gamble on the Sacred Sect’s final counterattack, citing rumors that the Qingyun Sect Leader was gravely wounded and the Barbaric Sacred Hall’s support for Qin Wuyan.
• Boss Lao revealed that Qin Wuyan planned to sacrifice Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City’s Rogue Cultivators in a Blood Refining Great Array to make Blood Pills and break through to the Grand Purity Realm.
• Boss Lao promised that Qin Wuyan would distribute Blood Pills to the others according to their performance, and the leaders agreed to join the plan.
• Several days later, Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping’er, and the Qingyun Sect group rested in a valley near Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City so they could respond quickly without revealing themselves.
• Chunhua asked Jin Ping’er why Ji Changfeng had not arrived, and Lu Xueqi appeared as Chunhua respectfully addressed her as Mistress.

Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er investigated the suspected Blood Sacrifice, while Song Daren and Zeng Shushu found no visible activity in Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City. Half a month later, Qin Wuyan ordered Nine Prison Gates to activate the great array at midnight, revealing that the plan was both a test of Ji Changfeng and his desperate final gamble.

• Little Chunhua left Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er to comfort her junior sisters.
• Lu Xueqi told Jin Ping'er that Song Daren and Zeng Shushu had entered Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City to contact Uncle Shang, and she suspected the Blood Sacrifice was bait to test whether her husband was truly injured.
• Song Daren and Zeng Shushu reported that the city showed no Demonic Sect activity and that the Blood Sacrifice Formation was likely buried underground.
• Half a month later, Nine Prison Gates mobilized, drawing the attention of Qingyun Sect and other righteous factions.
• Qin Wuyan told Boss Lao to activate the great array at midnight and promised him half the Blood Pills, then admitted that the plan was a desperate gamble as well as a test of Ji Changfeng.

Qin Wuyan prepared a blood sacrifice in Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City, betting that Ji Changfeng would not intervene and that his demonic techniques and armor could overcome Dao Xuan. At midnight, he activated the blood Formation and led the Yin Demon Sect in an assault, declaring the battle the final great conflict between the righteous and demonic paths in a hundred years.

• Qin Wuyan reflected that his blood sacrifice was his last gamble against Ji Changfeng and accepted that failure would mean his death.
• Qin Wuyan recalled obtaining Chou Wangyu’s Heavenly Demon Strategy and damaged Heavenly Demon Armor at the Barbaric Sacred Hall, and calculated his chances against Dao Xuan.
• A blood Formation rose from beneath Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City at midnight and enveloped the city.
• Yin Demon Sect fighters appeared on the city walls, alarming the Rogue Cultivators gathered inside.
• Qin Wuyan arrived atop the walls and called the assault the final great battle between the righteous and demonic paths in a hundred years.

Qin Wuyan activated the Blood Refining Great Array around Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City to sacrifice its Rogue Cultivators and advance his cultivation. As Song Daren stopped an assassin from killing Shang Zhengliang, sword lights from Qingyun Sect appeared in the east, rushing toward the city.

• Qin Wuyan and the Yin Demon Sect sealed off Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City and activated the Blood Refining Great Array.
• The Rogue Cultivators gathered at the City Lord's Mansion, where Shang Zhengliang reassured them and Song Daren promised to protect him.
• An assassin attacked Shang Zhengliang, but Song Daren used the Immortal Sword Ten Tigers to block the dagger.
• Qin Wuyan noticed brilliant sword lights from Qingyun Sect speeding toward Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City.

Lu Xueqi led Qingyun Sect reinforcements into Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City as the Blood Refining Great Array trapped its inhabitants and the battle against the Yin Demon Sect began. Qin Wuyan revealed Grand Purity Realm power, and Lu Xueqi struck at him as the two forces prepared to clash.

• The Blood Refining Great Array enveloped Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City, trapping panicked Rogue Cultivators while Demonic Sect assassins attacked them.
• Song Daren rescued Shang Zhengliang from an assassin and said Lu Xueqi was leading the reinforcements, without Dao Xuan or the Sect Master.
• Shang Zhengliang organized the Qingyun Disciples to fight the Demonic Sect while Rogue Cultivators stayed behind.
• Lu Xueqi, Jin Ping'er, and Qingyun and Xuanzha Sect disciples arrived to face Qin Wuyan and the Yin Demon Sect.
• Qin Wuyan discovered that Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er had reached Supreme Purity, and Lu Xueqi attacked him with the Heavenly Ya Divine Sword.
• Qin Wuyan donned demonic armor and raised his power to the Grand Purity Realm.

Lu Xueqi overwhelmed Qin Wuyan despite his Heavenly Demon Armor, while Qingyun Sect and Xuanzha Sect disciples fought to reach the Blood Refining Great Array’s eye. As Qin Wuyan’s armor failed, he reversed his spiritual energy and staked his life on a final attack, reaching the Grand Purity Realm.

• Lu Xueqi’s sword strikes suppressed Qin Wuyan, who relied on the Heavenly Demon Armor to defend himself.
• Song Daren and Wen Min fought together, while Lin Jingyu and Xiao Shi joined the battle against Demonic Sect experts.
• Zeng Shushu found the Blood Refining Great Array’s eye and confronted two Upper Clarity Realm Demonic Sect experts, calling for Shang Zhengliang’s help.
• Qingyun Sect and Xuanzha Sect disciples converged on the array eye as Demonic Sect reinforcements arrived.
• Qin Wuyan reversed his spiritual energy and unleashed Heavenly Demon Descent, risking his life to reach the Grand Purity Realm.

Qin Wuyan used Heavenly Demon Descent to burn his life and break through to the Grand Purity Realm, then challenged Lu Xueqi in a final attack. Lu Xueqi summoned heavenly thunder against him as Qin Wuyan roared a cryptic question to Ji Changfeng.

• Qin Wuyan absorbed all the surrounding demonic qi with Heavenly Demon Descent and entered the Grand Purity Realm at the cost of his life.
• The onlookers were stunned by Qin Wuyan's breakthrough, while Lu Xueqi faced him with the Tianya Sword and the Five Volumes of Heavenly Book.
• Qin Wuyan taunted Lu Xueqi and asked whether killing her would make Ji Changfeng appear.
• Lu Xueqi invoked the Divine Sword Thunder True Art and called down a destructive bolt of heavenly lightning toward Qin Wuyan.
• As the thunder descended, Qin Wuyan chose to fight at full strength and shouted, "JI CHANGFENG!!! HOW IS MY PUNCH?!"

Qin Wuyan fought Lu Xueqi in Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City and died after Ji Changfeng acknowledged his skill. With Qin Wuyan gone, Jin Ping'er and the allied sects crushed the Demonic Sect, leaving it defeated for the next hundred years.

• Qin Wuyan charged Lu Xueqi through her lightning strike, was badly wounded, and attacked again despite his shattered armor.
• Lu Xueqi pierced Qin Wuyan through the chest with the Heavenly Ya Divine Sword, and Ji Changfeng praised him before he died.
• The Demonic Sect members fled after Qin Wuyan fell, but Jin Ping'er cut down those escaping with the Purple Radiance Blade.
• The Qingyun Sect and Xuanzha Sect defeated the remaining Demonic Sect disciples, while the Rogue Cultivators surveyed the wreckage after the battle.

After Lu Xueqi defeated Qin Wuyan, Ji Changfeng joined her in Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City and invited her to spend time alone with him. The chapter ended with the two of them alone in her chamber.

• Ji Changfeng watched Lu Xueqi defeat Qin Wuyan and acknowledged the Demonic Sect leader's potential before he died.
• The Qingyun Sect disciples organized patrols around Ten Thousand Swords Immortal City, while Xuanzha Sect disciples assisted and Jin Ping'er coordinated the response.
• Lu Xueqi entered seclusion to reflect on what she had gained from fighting Qin Wuyan.
• Ji Changfeng appeared beside Lu Xueqi, embraced her, and suggested they leave the city's affairs to Senior Brother Song and explore together.
• Lu Xueqi agreed to spend time with Ji Changfeng, and he asked her to put her hair up.